Russell Westbrook’s New Clothing Line Made a Surprisingly Low-Key Debut

Between his day job as one of basketball's biggest stars, being the NBA's patron saint of personal style, and running a charitable foundation, Russell Westbrook has a lot going on. In 2017 alone he’s celebrated a new book, a new baby, and numerous athletic awards (see: Best Male Athlete at the ESPYs). Even through all that, we haven’t forgotten about the fact that Westbrook promised the world a solo clothing line in 2017. Now, with just a few months to spare, the line appears to be making its debut—at least, all signs point in that direction.

Westbrook rolled into the Oklahoma City Thunder Season opener last week wearing a relatively tame fit consisting of gray sweats, a bright t-shirt, and white Louis Vuitton sneakers. Stylish players like Dwayne Wade, Chris Paul, and LeBron James, meanwhile, arrived to their games wearing designer swag and serious leather bags. Westbrook practically invented the game-day flex so it seemed unlikely that he’d just toned down his style on one of the most visible games of the season. Something was up.

The next day, lo and behold, a press release hit our inboxes crediting Westbrook’s T-shirt and sweats to “Honor the Gift”, a new brand. Simultaneously Westbrook shared an Instagram photo, pointing to Honor the Gift’s account with the caption “Coming Soon”. Honor the Gift is only following Russell Westbrook on Instagram and launched two days ago. We've reached out to Westbrook's team and are awaiting official confirmation, but all signs point to something big.

We don't yet know what the clothing line will really look like, how much it’ll cost, and where it will be sold—although, Westbook has expressed an interest in opening his own stores before. All we have to go on is the low-key look he wore in the Chesapeake Arena on October 19th, and looking back, a very '90s-looking Honor the Gift T-shirt, which he wore in September at Kith's fashion week show.

As much as we’d enjoy seeing Westbook’s version of hist craziest game-day 'fits, that’d be a lot to bite off in one chew. Athletic wear is a logical start for Honor the Gift and, given that citron-color clothes, racing-stripe pants, and church merch are all trending right now, the offering appears to be a timely one as well. We're looking forward to seeing more from Westbrook on the court and in our closets before the year is up.